Geoffrey Ridel (bishop of Ely)
Geoffrey Ridel | |
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Archdeacon of Canterbury | |
Orders | |
Consecration | 6 October 1174 |
Personal details | |
Died | 20 or 21 August 1189 |
Buried | Ely Cathedral |
Denomination | Catholic |
Lord Chancellor | |
In office 1162–1173 | |
Monarch | Henry II of England |
Preceded by | Thomas Becket |
Succeeded by | Ralph de Warneville |
Geoffrey Ridel (died August 1189) was the nineteenth Lord Chancellor of England, from 1162 to 1173.[1]
Ridel was probably the great-nephew of
During the controversy between King
After the controversy was resolved, Ridel was rewarded with a bishopric.
Ridel died on either 20 or 21 August 1189.[10][12] After his death, King Richard I of England confiscated his personal property,[13] because Geoffrey had died without a will.[14] The bishop's estate at his death included over 3000 marks in coins, as well as agricultural supplies and gold and silver plate.[15] He was buried in Ely Cathedral. During his time as bishop, he built much of the western transept of Ely Cathedral.[2]
Citations
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 84
- ^ a b c d e f g Duggan "Ridel, Geoffrey" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Canterbury: Archdeacons of Canterbury
- ^ Warren Henry II p. 307
- ^ Barlow English Church p. 256
- ^ Bartlett England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings p. 401
- ^ Knowles, et al. "Henry II's Supplement" English Historical Review p. 759
- ^ a b Warren Henry II p. 535
- ^ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 220
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 244
- ^ Huscroft Ruling England p. 191
- ^ Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300: Volume 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces): Ely: Bishops
- ^ Poole Domesday Book to Magna Carta p. 190 footnote3
- ^ Turner "Religious Patronage" Albion p. 10
- ^ Gillingham Richard I p. 115
References
- ISBN 0-582-50236-5.
- ISBN 0-19-822741-8.
- Duggan, A. J. (2004). "Ridel, Geoffrey (d. 1189)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. required)
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-300-07912-5.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Canterbury: Archdeacons of Canterbury". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- Greenway, Diana E. (1971). "Ely: Bishops". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066–1300. Vol. 2: Monastic Cathedrals (Northern and Southern Provinces). Institute of Historical Research. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
- Huscroft, Huscroft (2005). Ruling England 1042–1217. London: Pearson/Longman. ISBN 0-582-84882-2.
- JSTOR 562200.
- OCLC 233685139.
- Turner, Ralph V. (Spring 1986). "Religious Patronage of Angevin Royal Administrators, c. 1170–1239". JSTOR 4048700.
- OCLC 4274479.